For starters, let me just say that I personally have three Mac systems and three Windows systems I interact with on a regular basis.  I’m writing this blog post from a Macbook Pro.  However, there is a wide and growing misconception about the security of Mac systems vs. the security of Windows systems.  I just came across the following post in PC Magazine’s Security Watch blog, and there is a lot of good information in there; specifically the following quote which I want to share: In the abstract, Macs are every bit as vulnerable as Windows systems, perhaps more so. But in the real world Mac malware is so rare that it actually makes news. Hundreds of Windows trojans like OpinionSpy[…]